My Confession

Another One Week Challenge

Since this is my second week back to work, I'm getting used to my schedule enough to start challenging myself again. I'm giving myself another "one week challenge." This time I want to focus on my eating plan and making sure to get some kind of exercise in five days a week whether is finally finishing C25K (I owe myself two more 30 minute jogs.) or sanding/painting walls in the bathroom. I want to make sure to be accountable by writing about what I eat and do for exercise here on this blog. I might not make it to the computer every day, but I will be sure to write about it later.

My Confession

Today I thought I would start off with a confession. Some of you may have noticed by now that I love to go shopping, and I love to find a good deal. Especially when it comes to clothes and accessories. I also really love fashion (although it isn't much fun when you are big).  I love spending hours on the weekend searching sales and clearance racks at several different stores. I love going by myself and with friends. My confession is that I've been doing too much of that this summer. Isn't it funny how people who are overweight have a tendency to have excesses in other parts of their life? That is the emotional/psychological part that a lot of us have to work on otherwise the weight will never come off/stay off.

My goal for August was not to buy any more clothes. I needed to focus on losing weight and fitting into the clothes I already own. I made it pretty far, but I had a little slip up this weekend. I found clearance racks with an extra 40% off at K-mart (don't laugh- some of my most complimented clothes come from there) and an extra 25% off at Meijer. I got clothes not the best ever prices, but pretty close. I brought the stuff home and tried it on with the clothes I already had. I even took pictures.

Then I realized that after looking through my closet I could probably survive without these new clothes. I don't have a lot that fits well right now, but I can make it through a work week. We were told (all the teachers in the corporation) to dress more professionally. Most of us already do with me being one of them. I found these great clothes that were almost all work clothes and I would've worn them all many times. I returned almost every piece. I kept a couple of shirts since I have a ton of dress pants. I bought $90 worth of sale clothes (probably worth $150-$200 regular price) and returned over $70 worth of it.

I found out that I must really have a thing for knee length skirts. I have four of them right now. In the loot I bought and returned, I saw I had five of them. I always worried about wearing skirts since my students sit on the floor and I stand up and walk around them most of the time. It isn't the issue that I thought it would be. It is also much easier to find skirts that fit than pants. Alas, it doesn't matter since they all went back to the store.

I also worked on my motivation closet this weekend after seeing how I just need to get organized and work with the clothes I have for now. The sad part is a lot of the clothes I put into the motivation closet fit back at the end of last school year and they don't now. I can't wait to fit in them again and bring my smaller clothes back up out of the basement.



Before.

After.

I wore one of my new shirts today with a pair of old black pants. I accessorized with some earrings that were my grandma's (on my mom's side- she passed away a while ago) and a bracelet I got at Fashion Bug for I think $2.

My Day in Food and Exercise

 

 



Breakfast

Snack

Snack

Lunch

I had applesauce instead of a cookie.

Snack

A new to me flavor. It was okay but not my favorite.

Dinner

Turkey burger with a 40 calorie piece of colby jack, ketchup, mustard, and a whole wheat bun.

Snack

Don't worry- I didn't have the healthy stuff like the carrots. Just a doughnut. ;)

Exercise- mowing the yard

One Week Challenge Results

I have this many more days until I go back to work and I have to fit in my clothes again. My one week challenge last week really helped me to get back on track. My weigh in this morning was 194.2 and I started the week at 196.4. I tried on the same outfit as I did at the beginning of last week at it looks and feels a little better, but it would be better if I were closer to 190.

As I start a new week, I would like to keep following my eating plan, finish my C25K, and keep on writing about it every day just like last week's challenge. I'll have to rethink things at the end of the week to adapt them to my new schedule with going back to work.

It was raining this morning, so no jog today. I started with my usual breakfast though:

I then went off to work for a few hours and all I got done was part of my bulletin board! And I forgot to take a picture of it too, so you'll have to wait in suspense until I get it done. ;) I ate a couple of snacks and lunch which were the same as they have been last week:

In the afternoon I got some sanding done on the bathroom walls. I know I've written a lot about this recently, but this time it was slightly different. The holes/uneven spots in the wall were filled with joint compound. I went over it with a fine grit sandpaper by hand to make it even and smooth.

My afternoon snack and dinner were:

I ended my evening with Love It or List It and a piece of Greek yogurt pie.

One Week Challenge- The Last Day, Lake Park Restaurant, and a Doughnut

Today is the last day of my one week challenge, and

I have this many more days until I have to fit into my work clothes again.

I decided since it was the weekend to let myself sleep in, so I got a bit of a later start on the day with my usual breakfast:

I then went into my classroom and got a little bit of my bulletin board done.

I also had my usual morning snacks:

By the time I got that done, it was time for some lunch. I went out with my hubby and FIL to a restaurant in a smaller town nearby called Lake Park. The food there is always really good, but they also give you a ton of food there. I took a picture of my soup, but just got into eating and forgot to take pictures of the rest. I started with chicken dumpling soup and a salad with ranch dressing. My main meal was roast turkey with mashed potatoes and stuffing. I had jello for dessert.

After lunch we stopped by Menards to get a few things on the way home. My FIL and hubby did some more plumbing work on the shower/tub area.

I stopped by the grocery store to get milk (for the hubs since I'm lactose intolerant), and saw one of those very yummy chocolate doughnuts again. And I got one and enjoyed it as my snack.

I just had the doughnut- none of that healthy stuff like carrots getting in my way this time! ;)

For dinner I had what I usually have for lunch:

I just had the sandwich- no straws or cookie. I thought it might put a small dent in the doughnut damage.

After dinner I did some wallpaper removal around where the old tub surround used to be. There was an about two inch strip of old wallpaper the former owners never removed before installing the tub surround. The new tub surround is a little bit less deep, so that part of the wall will show. That means I got the pleasure of removing it which was quite fun with the construction adhesive and drywall compound over it.

You can kinda see a border around the area with the construction adhesive on the wall. That is where I scraped the wallpaper off.

I relaxed with another piece of my frozen Greek yogurt pie and watched the new episode of Hoarders: Buried Alive.

One Week Challenge- Day Five: Some More Classroom and Bathroom Reno Stuff

Today I finally saw a small weight loss on the scale. I tried a new picture mode on my camera to try to get a picture without the flash glaring, but it didn't work all that well as you can see below. It says 195.2 if it is too blurry to read.

Friday started off with breakfast and rainy weather, so no jog today. It is supposed to be nice on Saturday, so I'll do it then.

I went into work and did a little bit of decorating and a little bit of organizing again. I found my fabric for my bulletin board, but I wanted to wash it first before putting it up. I will try to get in there one day this weekend to get at least the fabric background, border, and title up.

I added some fun smiley face window clings to my office window.

And some more smileys in the window to the hallway.

My classroom with the carpet squares and foam numbers down. The students each get an assigned letter/number as a seat.

I found a big box of recorders in my room today!

The back wall of my classroom. It was too blank for my taste, so I added some posters last school year. I changed a couple of them out for this school year.

While at work I had two snacks:

I highly recommend the white chocolate macadamia nut clif bar. It is very yummy!

And lunch:

After lunch I went to a couple of stores quickly. I had a couple of groceries to get, but I was also looking at pantyhose. I know that pantyhose are an outdated thing, but I had a lot of pain in my legs while standing all day at work with my varicose and spider veins. I was going to go into the doctor for them, but my hubby was in there before I could get in. I had him ask the doctor if it is an issue to have pain with the varicose/spider veins. He said that I didn't have to worry about it and could use a good pair of pantyhose (instead of expensive compression stockings) will help. I will use the stockings when wearing pants which is what I wear to work most of the time. I would look pretty silly wearing them with capris or a skirt, so fashion will still rule my life on those days. ;)

Here is the snack that I had while I was out (courtesy of Meijer's again):

I went home and the hubby and FIL were very busy that day working on our bathroom reno. They had to remove some pipes for the tub/shower and install some new ones in a new set up since we are going from two handles to one handle. I couldn't really help out with that so I did a few dishes, some laundry, and watched some TV.

Here's pictures of dinner and my evening snack:

Today was another good eating day, so hopefully I'll see another small loss on the scale tomorrow!